Railway-car construction



Sept. 16, 1930. v. E. slssoN RAILWAY CAR CONSTRUCTION Filed Feb. l5, 1929 2 Sheets-Shea?l l Y sePf 16, 1930. vllE. slssoN 1,775,973

RAILWAY CAR CONSTRUCTION Filed Feb. 15, 1929 2 Sl'uaelS-SheMl 2 Patented Sept. 16, 1930 UNITED srArss PATENT OFFECE VINTON E. SISSON, .OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO UNION METAL PRODUCTS n COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE RAILWAY-CAR CONSTRUCTION Application filed February 15, 1929. Serial No. 340,275.

This invention relates to railway cars and particularly toend walls for house cars provided with roofs, which end walls are made j of metallic plates preferably reinforced with integral corrugations or embossments.

This invention is an improvement over the construction shown in my Patent N o. 1,071,813 of September 2, 1913, wherein the upper marginal portion of the metallic plate is bent on diagonal lines to conform substantially to the slope of the roof to form a diagonal flange, which flange is secured to the opposite side plates of the car so that the flange performs the usual functions of the end plate of the car.

j The object of the invention is to strengthen this diagonal fla-nge by re-flanging it into a depending flange and securing the dependj ing flange to the opposite side plates of the v car. This depending flange preferably increases in width from the center of the car toward the opposite side plates.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 shows a part of a railway car with my invention applied thereon.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1 with the roof removed.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Figs. 4 and 5 show details of the flanged plate.

Figs. 6, 7 and 8 show a modified construction.

Figs. 9 and 10 show another modified construction.

In the preferred form shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive the upper margin of the end wall is bent on oppositely inclined diagonal lines 2 and 3 to form the lateral flange 4 which preferably increases in width from the middle of the plate towards the opposite ends of the plate (or side plates of the car) which flange is provided with a re-flange 5 which preferably increases in depth from the middle of the plate towards the ends of the plate (or side plates of the car.) This flange 5 may merge into the horizontal flange 6, as shown as Figs. 9 and 10. The diagonal flange is preferably secured to each side plate 8 by a clip angle 10 or any other convenient means and the depending flange is also preferably secured to each side plate by a clip 11 or any other convenient means. The lateral flange may be provided with a horizontal port-ion 6 to support the ridge pole 12 if one is used on the particular car. These end wall plates may be reinforced with integral, preferably horizontal, embossments 13.

In the modification shown in Figs. 6, 7 and 8 the end wall comprises a plurality of plates secured together along vertical lines, preferably adjacent the middle of the end wall, which plates are preferably reinforced with vertical corrugations or embossments 20 having their upper ends adjacent the upper oblique flanges 21. These oblique flanges increase in width from the middle of the end wall to the sides thereof and the flange 22 also preferably increases in depth from the middle of the end wall to the sides thereof. The flange 21 of adjacent plates and also the reflange 22 of adjacent plates are preferably secured together by rivets 23 or 24 respectively.

This flange and re-flange construction can be made from a rectangular plate without additional shearing of the plate.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the preferred form of the invention, though it is to be understood thatthe invention is not limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, as it is obvious that various modifications thereof within the scope of the claims will occur to persons skilled in the art.

I claim:

1. In a railway car having oppositely disposed side plates, an end wall formed of rnetallic plates secured together along a vertical line adjacent the middle of the wall, said plates bent on oppositely inclined diagonal lines to form flanges increasing in width toward said side plates, each of said flanges bent to form re-anges- 2. In a railway car having oppositely disposed side plates, an end wall formed of metallic plates secured together along a vertical line adjacent the middle of the wall, said plates bent on oppositely inclined diagonal lines to form flanges increasing in width toward said side plates to which they are secured, each of said flanges bent to forni re-, flanges. Y

' 3. In a railway Ycar haYing/oppositel'y disposed side plates, an end wall formed of inetallic pla-tessecured together along a Vertical.y

lin'efadjacentgthe iniddle oi the wall, said plates lbent on oppositely vinclined,diagonal lines torfor'ni flanges increasing inwidth to- Y,

vward-'said side plates, each of saidfflanges -bent zito.Y 'form yire-flanges{increasingin -depth Vtoward said sideuplatesfto kwhich ythey are secured. f v

"4. In a railway posed sideplates, an end wall forined of inel onal lines .to vforniflanges, each i flangesbent to Y e i depth toward'said side plates to wliiclithey .10i 'Y 'i depth toward tlieirfouter endsfy f fro 10.v In a lrailway car having oppositely dissv Y toward tallic plates secured togetlieralongja Ver# tical liney adjacent Vthe iniddle 'of the wall, saidplates bei'it'` on oppositely inclined diag onal lines tol forni flangesI increasing in width secured,each of said flanges bentto'fo'rin re` flangesincieasing kin deptlitowardsaid side platesto whichtliey are secured.

-5.'.Iii a railwaycar. having oppositely disposed sidelplates`,'an endy wallforined of metallicvplatessecured together along a fver- :tical line f adj 'acent" thjel iniddle of said plates bent Vonoppositely incline d diag'onal linest'o forni langes increasingin widtht toward said side'plates, Vsaid'flanges secured together adjacent tliewiniddle of the wall,

each ofsaid ijlanges .,bent `tro-'forni re-flanges.

Y 6. In av railway car having oppositely dis# posed' side plates,l an end wall .foi'inedfof ,metallici plates secured together along ayer.-l

tical lineadjacent the'finiddle of the wall, said plates bent on oppositely'inclineddiag# form re-flangesincreasii'igiii are j secured.

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inclined diagc said plates bent onfoppositely onal lines to forni flangesincreasing in width toward their outer. `ends,-eacli .of said flanges bent to forni reiflanges i Y 'f 1..9. AAn yend wall for a railway.cariforinedir of metallic platessec'uredv together along a vertical line adjacentlthe middle of the wall, said plates bent on oppostelyl inclined .diagonal lines to toward. heir vouterends, each of said flanges bent tofforinVfre-flanges increasing in depthy toward their outer ends.

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tical line adjacentv the iniddle of' theqwall,

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to form a flange, saidv Vflange'-bei'it toffofriii,

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